Paint brush guide attachment



July 12, 1955 w. T. STEARN ET AL 2,712,667

PAINT BRUSH GUIDE ATTACHMENT Filed Feb. 1, 1952 Wilmer 7i Steam Nickolas Thesen INVENTORS.

BY EMMA United States Patent PAINT BRUSH GU11)" E Armand Wilmer T. Steam, Philadelphia, and Nickolas Thesen, Roslyn, Pa.

Application February 1,-19'5 2,-Srial N6. 269,374 1' Claim.- or. 1 246 This invention relates in general to brush guides,- and more specifically to a holder fora-paint brush, said holder having aguide wheel thereon for guiding a paint brush disposed within said holder with respect to a surface being painted.

The primary object of this invention is to provide an improved brush guide whereby a surface maybe painted up to a predetermined line by utilizing said guide.

Another object of this invention is to provide an improved brush holder having guide means thereon,- said guide means being in the formof an arm pivotally mounted on a bracket carried by said holder, said arm having a guide wheel mounted on its lower end. v

Another object of this invention is to provide an improved brush holder having guide means mounted thereon, said guide means including a guide wheel rotatably carried by said holder,- the lower end of said guide wheel being in axial alignment; with the inner side wall of the holder portion receiving a paint brush. 7

Another object of this invention is to provide an improved brush holder having guide means carried thereon,-said guide meansbeing in the form of an arrfi pivotally secured to said holder ahdat an angle to the brush receiving portion of the holder,- said arrri being adapted to be moved in position parallel to said brush receiving portion whereby a brush mounted therein may be dipped into a paint bucket-.-

Another object of this invention is to provide an improved brush holder having guidemeans carried thereby,- said br'ushholder being of simple and compact cons'trilction whereby it may be economically mariufac'tiired.

A further objectof this invention is to prhvide an improved brush holder having guide" means thereon, said brush holder being adapted to adjust'ahly mounta brush therein; said guide means being in the form of an armadjustably mounted with respect to the holder portion whereby guide means carried by said arm may be adjusted with respect to a brush carried by said holder.

With these objects definitely in view, this invention resides in certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of elements and portions as will be hereinafter described in detail in the specification, particularly pointed out in the appended claim, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings which form a material part of this application and in which:

Figure 1 is an elevational view of the brush holder of this invention, the brush holder having mounted therein a conventional paint brush and being illustrated in the process of painting a window adjacent a window pane thereof;

Figure 2 is a transverse vertical sectional view taken substantially upon the plane indicated by the section line 2-2 of Figure l and showing the general construction of the guide arm carried by the brush holder;

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the brush holder of Figure l, the brush holder being illustrated without a paint brush mounted therein, and showing the general construction thereof; and,

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Figure 4 is an elevational view of the brush guidp of Figures 1 through 3 on a reduced scale, said brush guide having a a brush mounted therein and illustrating the manner in which a paint brush is dipped into a paint bucket while mounted within the brush guide and holder.

Similar characters of reference designate similar or identical elements and portions throughout the specification and throughout the diiferent views of the drawings.

Referring. now to the drawings in detail, it will be seen that there is illustrated in Figure 3 the brush holder and guide, which is the subject of this invention. The brush holder portion being referred to by the reference numeral 10 and the guide portion being referred to in general by thereference numeral 12. The brush holder portion 10 includes a tubular holder portion 14- formed of a single sheet of metal and having a mounting bracket 16 extending therefrom at right angles. it will be noted that the tubular brush holder 14 is generally rectangular in cross section and that the mounting bracket 16 e1;- tends from the central portion of one elongated side thereof.

In order that a paint brush may be adjustably clamped within the brushholder 14, there is provided a plate 18 for engaging the bristle retaining portion of a paint brush; The plate 18 is provided with outwardly turned flanges at its upper and lower ends, the flanges being referred to in general by the reference numeral 29 and overlying the upper and lower edges of one side of the brush holder 14 in order to retain the plate 18 therewithin. The plate ls is mounted on the side of the tubular br' u'sh holder 14 opposite from the mounting brack'et 16. Carried by the tubular brush holder is a boss 22 which has an internally threaded bore therethrough and in which is threadedly mounted an adjusting screw 24, The adjusting screw 24 extends into the thbular' bfushholder 14 and engages the plate 18 in order" to move said plate towards the opposite side wall of the tubular brush holder. 7

The mounting bracket 16 extends from the tubular brush holder 14 and is provided with a substantially semi-circular outer' end 26. The semi-circular outer eiid of the" mounting' bracket 16 is provided with a plurainy of apertures 23 which are spaced varying distances from the tubular brush holder 14. The provision of a plurality of spaced apertures 28 permits the adjust-able mountin of the g'iiide portion 1-2 so that the same may be propefly positioned relative to brushes of different lengths.

The guide portion 12 is in the form of an elongated channel 30 having the upper ends thereof converging to form a handle portion 32. The handle portion 32 includes the flanges of the channel portion in face to face engagement, said upper end of the flanges being enlarged to form a wide finger engaging surface.

- The lower end of the channel member 39 has its web portion partially cut away and a guide wheel 34- mounted between the lower portions of the flanges of the channel member and extending through the cut away portion of the web. The guide wheel 34 is mounted on an axle 36 in the form of a double headed rivet extending between and secured to the flanges of the channel member 30.

Disposed intermediate the ends of the channel member 30 is a Stifiening plate 38 which extends between the free ends of the flanges of the channel member and is secured thereto. The web of the channel member, the stiffening plate 38, and one of the apertures 28 in the mounting bracket 16 has a bolt 40 received therethrougn O in order to connect the guide portion 12 to the brush holder portion 16. Mounted on the bolt to is a coil spring 42 which engages the mounting plate 16 and is paint 68.

. is moved into parallel relation with the brush holder clamped thereagainst by a wing nut 44. Due to the coil spring 42, the guide portion 12 may be pivoted with respect to the brush holder portion under pressure, :but held in tight relation thereto.

Referring now to Figure l in particular, it is seen that it is intended that the lower end of the guide wheel 34 is in axial alignment with the inner side wall of the l tubular brush holder 14. '34 be retained in this position, a spring 46 is connected to a bracket 48 carried by the tubular brush holder 14 In order that the guide wheel and extends to the Web of the channel member and is secured thereto by a fastener 50. In order that clockwise rotation of the guide wheel 34 be limited, as viewed in Figure l, the mounting. bracket 16 is provided with ."a stop member 52 in the form of a tab integral therewith and cut therefrom. The tab is bent up at substantially right. angles to the mounting bracket 16 and engages j one of the flanges of the channel member 30.

As is best illustrated in Figure l, a paint brush 54 Ihaving bristles 56 secured to the handle thereof by a bristle retaining plate 58 is mounted withinthe tubular brush holder 14 clamped thereto by the plate 18 in combination with the adjustable clamping screw 24. It

is intended that the lower ends of the bristles 56 terminate in alignment with the lower end of the guide wheel i 34.

Referring now to Figures 1 and 2 in particular, it will i be seen that the paint brush 54 mounted within the brush j guide, which is the subject of this invention, is being utilized to paint a window sash having a frame 60 with glass 62 mounted'therein and secured thereto by putty 64. When it is desired to paint the frame of the sash, the brush 54 has its bristles 56 filled with paint and the U bristles 56 are brushed against the frame with the guide wheel 34 engaging the frame at its intersection with the pane 62. Since the guide wheel 34 prevents the bristles 56 from engaging the pane 62 it is obvious that When it is desired to dip the bristles 56 of the paint 3 brush 54 into a bucketof paint, the guide portion 12 is pivoted into substantially parallel relation to theaxis of the holder portion 10, as is illustrated in Figure 4.

3 all of the paint deposited on the window sash is limited 4 to the frame 60 thereof.

With the guide portion 12 in spaced relation to the brush holder portion 10, the lower end of the brush 54 may be disposed within the paint bucket 66 and into the It will be noted that the guide portion 12 portion 10 by gripping the handle of the brush 54 in ones hand and engaging the forefinger thereof over the Y handle portion 32 of the guide portion 12' and pulling the upper end of the guide portion towards the handle of the brush 54.

When the bristles 56 of the paint brush 54 have been filled with paint 68, the entire assembly is removed from the paint bucket 66 and the forefinger of the hand is removed from the handle portion 32. The guide wheel 34 is then pivoted to assume an angle to the axis of the tubular brush holder 14 by the spring 46. Due to the stop 52, the guide wheel 34 merely engages the lower ends of the inner bristles 56.

The guide portion 12, is further urged towards the stop.

member 52 by a compression spring 70 which is located above the bolt40 and urges the guide portion 12 away from the brush holder portion 10. The compression spring is retained in position by pins 72 and 74 carried by the brush holder portion 10 and the guide portion 12, respectively, the pins 72 and 74 being telescoped within opposite ends of the spring 70.

While two springs, the tension spring 46 and the compressionspring 70, have been-illustrated and described as urging the guide portion 12 into engagement with the stop member 52, it is not intended to so limit'the invention. Although two springs may be utilized, it will be understood that only one of the springs will be necessary if it is of sufiicient size and strength.-

The operation of this device will be understood from the foregoing description of the details thereof, taken in connection with the above recited objects and drawings. Further description would appear to be unnecessary.

Minor modifications of the device, varying'in minor details from the embodiment of the device illustrated and described here, may be resorted to without departure from the spirit and scope of this invention, as defined in the appended claim.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

A paint brush guide comprising a holder adapted to have mounted therein a paint brush, a mounting bracket carried by said holder, an arm rotatably mounted on said bracket, a guide wheel carried by said arm, said arm being secured to said mounting bracket by an adjustable fastener, said fastener passing through an aperture in said bracket, said bracket being provided with a plurality of apertures adapted to selectively receive said as tener for adjnstably mounting said arm.

References Cited in the file of this patent 4 UNITED STATES PATENTS Gafier et a1 Sept. 16, 1952 Nowlin Oct. 13, 1885 

